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After a library has been linked with -module, it can be dlopened. Unfortunately, because of the variation in library names, your package needs to determine the correct file to dlopen.
The most straightforward and flexible implementation is to determine the name at runtime, by finding the installed .la file, and searching it for the following lines:
# The name that we can dlopen
If dlname is empty, then the library cannot be dlopened. Otherwise, it gives the dlname of the library. So, if the library was installed as /usr/local/lib/libhello.la, and the dlname was libhello.so.3, then /usr/local/lib/libhello.so.3 should be dlopened.
If your program uses this approach, then it should search the
directories listed in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH
9 environment variable, as well as
the directory where libraries will eventually be installed. Searching
this variable (or equivalent) will guarantee that your program can find
its dlopened modules, even before installation, provided you have linked
them using libtool.


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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with health officials in Missouri and Tennessee, have identified six new cases of people sick with Heartland virus: five in Missouri and one in Tennessee. The new cases, discovered in 2012 and 2013, are described today in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Heartland virus was first reported in two northwestern Missouri farmers who were hospitalized in 2009 with what was thought to be ehrlichiosis, a tick-borne disease. However, the patients failed to improve with treatment and testing failed to confirm ehrlichiosis. Working with state and local partners, CDC eventually identified the cause of the men's illness: a previously unknown virus in the phlebovirus family now dubbed Heartland virus.
Ongoing investigations have yielded six more cases of Heartland virus disease, bringing to eight the total number of known cases. All of the six case-patients were white men over the age of 50. Their symptoms started in May to September and included fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, headache, nausea, or muscle pain. Four of the six new cases were hospitalized. One patient, who suffered from other health conditions, died. It is not known if Heartland virus was the cause of death or how much it contributed to his death. Five of the six new cases reported tick bites in the days or weeks before they fell ill.
Nearly all of the newly reported cases were discovered through a study conducted by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and CDC who are actively searching for human cases at six Missouri hospitals.
CDC has been working closely with the Missouri and Tennessee state health departments and other federal agencies to advance understanding of Heartland virus disease by learning more about the patients who were infected, their illness and their exposures. Through this work, CDC seeks to determine the symptoms and severity of the disease, where it is found, how people are being infected, and how to prevent infections.
CDC studies to date have shown Heartland virus is carried by Lone Star ticks, which are primarily found in the southeastern and eastern United States. Additional studies seek to confirm whether ticks can spread the virus to people and to learn what other insects or animals may be involved in the transmission cycle. CDC is also looking for Heartland virus in other parts of the country to understand how widely it may be distributed.
"During the past two years, CDC has worked closely with state health departments, hospitals, and many experts from universities and other federal agencies to learn more about Heartland virus," says Roger Nasci, PhD, chief of CDC's Arboviral Diseases Branch. "By gathering information about the disease Heartland virus causes, and about how it's spread to people, we hope to better understand the potential impact on the public's health and how we can help protect people from this virus."
CDC developed the blood tests used to confirm the new cases of Heartland virus disease. CDC teams are working to further validate these tests and develop additional tests. As more is learned, CDC hopefully can develop a diagnostic test that public health laboratories could use to test for the virus.
There is no specific treatment, vaccine or drug for Heartland virus disease. Because it is caused by a virus, the disease also does not respond to antibiotics used to treat bacterial infections such as Lyme disease. However, supportive therapies such as IV fluids and fever reducers can relieve some Heartland disease symptoms.
To reduce the risk of Heartland and other vector-borne diseases, CDC recommends that people:
• Avoid wooded and bushy areas with high grass and leaf litter;
• Use insect repellent when outdoors;
• Use products that contain permethrin on clothing;
• Bathe or shower as soon as possible after coming indoors to wash off and more easily find ticks that are crawling on you;
• Conduct a full-body tick check after spending time outdoors; and
• Examine gear and pets, as ticks can "ride" into the home and attach to a person later.
Source: CDC
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February 27th 2024The 20 conditions, known as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), are estimated to affect more than 1 billion people, yet many individuals have never heard of them. Heather Saunders, MPH, RN, CIC, discusses 5 of them and what is being done to prevent their spread.
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As the author of several books on kit homes, I've given more than 200 lectures in 25 states, and the #1 question I'm most frequently asked is, "Do you live in a Sears House?"
The short answer is, no, I do not live in a Sears House. However, I love old houses and I love old things. It's my love of old things that compelled us (me and the new hubby) to purchase a 1925 Colonial Revival home. It's a real beauty and it's also a real money pit. My husband and I have spent an inordinate amount of time and money restoring the grand old home to its former glory.
To read more about my house, click here.
(Story continues below the photos.)
I have always loved old houses. I was born and raised in a 1925 Colonial Revival, much like the house I own now. That house was in Waterview, a 1920s neighborhood in Portsmouth Virginia. My childhood home was built in 1925, and it was a solid brick home with a slate roof. Notice how similar it is to the house I now own in Norfolk?
In February 2006, my husband and I were looking for homes in Norfolk and that's when I saw this house (see picture above) and immediately fell in love. I literally grabbed him the lapels and said, "I have to have this house." Admittedly, it was a ridiculously emotional reaction, occasioned by the fact that it was very similar to the home in which I was born and raised.
As I've told many friends, it's a breathtakingly beautiful wooden sculpture, and incredibly, we get to live and move and have our being within the four walls of this artistic creation.


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Iodine in bread not enough for pregnant women
(Medical Xpress)—New research from the University of Adelaide shows that iodised salt used in bread is not enough to provide healthy levels of iodine for pregnant women and their unborn children.
The study - led by researchers from the University of Adelaide's Robinson Institute - has prompted calls for pregnant women to keep taking iodine supplements.
"Iodine is an essential element which is important for human brain development and thyroid function," says one of the lead authors of the study, Associate Professor Vicki Clifton from the University's Robinson Institute and the Lyell McEwin Hospital.
"In 2009, Australian bread producers began a mandatory program of iodine supplementation in bread to help provide a boost to iodine levels in the community. Our study was aimed at determining whether or not that was having a positive impact on iodine levels for pregnant women."
In the study, almost 200 South Australian women were tested throughout their pregnancy and six months after giving birth. The results have been published in the Nutrition Journal.
"We found that South Australian women are mildly iodine deficient. Despite the inclusion of iodised salt in bread, women who were not taking an iodine supplement during pregnancy were still suffering from iodine deficiency," Associate Professor Clifton says.
"Those women who were taking a supplement in addition to eating bread with iodised salt were receiving healthy levels of iodine, well within World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines."
This is the latest study to follow on from the pioneering work of the University's Emeritus Professor Basil Hetzel AC, who began researching iodine deficiency more than 50 years ago at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, in collaboration with the Papua New Guinea Public Health Department. It revealed very low urine iodine levels and high rates of goitre were associated with a form of brain damage called 'cretinism'. Professor Hetzel showed that this brain damage could be prevented by correcting the severe iodine deficiency before pregnancy.
"There's a lot of work going on around the world to ensure that pregnant women are receiving enough iodine for the healthy development of their unborn babies," says Professor Hetzel, who is also a lead author on this current study.
"The message is simple: by taking iodine supplements, pregnant women will be able to prevent brain and organ development problems in their babies, and also maintain a healthy level of iodine for themselves."
Professor Hetzel says Australia continues to be a leader in this field, "but there is still very little public understanding about the dangers of iodine deficiency".
"Iodine deficiency is now recognised by the WHO as the most common preventable cause of brain damage in the world today," he says.


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It might seem like a simple buy, but picking out a wallet can be tricky. After all, it's a statement of your style just as much as any other piece of clothing or accessory. Plus, it's important to balance a wallet's function and practicality with that personal expression.
This review covers the things you should know and specifics to seek out before buying a wallet. The best of the best choice is ITSLIFE Women's RFID Blocking Large Capacity Luxury Genuine Leather Wallet.
Many women love a sleek, high-quality leather or vegan leather wallet not only for its timeless beauty and smooth texture but also for its durability since you want the wallet to last a number of years.
Other popular materials include synthetic fabric, cloth, canvas or even titanium or aluminum — all having their own unique qualities. Consider when and how you'll be using your wallet and what material best suits your lifestyle and preferences.
Beyond the essential items of your drivers' license or ID and key banking and credit cards, think about the other items you'd like your wallet to hold and how much space they require. Look at options that have a few more compartments or card slots than you need at the moment, in case you get more down the road.
Everyone has their own personal style, and it will absolutely have an impact on the wallet you choose. Pay attention to it.
Maybe you're into a vintage look and Fuschia is your favorite color, or perhaps a sleek, simple and neutral style and the color is more your speed. Some brands have a signature look that could draw you in, or you might love anything with sparkly, feminine adornments or stones.
When figuring out how much space you'll need in a wallet, it's helpful to know the various small, medium and large sizes they come in, which might be slightly different from brand to brand.
A small wallet is great for just the bare minimum — perfect for those who are minimalists at heart or don't want to feel weighed down at all. Smaller wallets include cases for credit cards only, single-compartment designs and folding wallets.
Medium-sized wallets, the most popular size, are a great everyday option and will easily hold the cash and up to five or six cards you most often use. You'll find folding wallets in this size, along with wristlets that are easy to slip on and go.
If you're someone who likes to have everything at your fingertips at all times, not just cash and cards, a large wallet might be your best bet. Continental and travel styles fall into this category, along with checkbooks.
Different materials serve different purposes, so it's important to know the pros and cons of each one, and of course your personal style preference, before making a purchase decision.
Leather, the most popular material, lasts for the long haul and comes in many different finishes, such as cross-grain and suede. The downside is that good leather can be quite expensive, and it's also on the heavier side compared to other wallet materials.
Synthetic materials, like vinyl, are super popular as well. They're usually water-resistant and can last a long time. What's nice about vinyl, for example, is its similarity to leather but without the weight and price. Keep an eye out for poorer-quality synthetic wallets though, since they can crack or loosen at the seams, and can even smell like chemicals.
Somewhat less popular, though simple, fun and unique, are cloth wallets. Soft and lightweight, they're pretty flexible and forgiving when it comes to jam-packing your wallet full of stuff. Something to keep in mind about cloth wallets is they do retain moisture and can't get wet.
Contactless identity theft is a very unfortunate part of the world we live in, so it's prudent to look for a wallet made from special material that blocks signals from radio-frequency identification (RFID) skimmers. You'll find this technology built into all sorts of mid- to high-end wallets.
You can find women's wallets at a wide variety of price points, depending on factors like brand, material and size. It's common to see inexpensive wallets anywhere from $10-$50, mid-range options for about $50-$150, higher-end wallets from $150-$750 and even up to $1,500 for more for luxury products.
A. Cleaning products specifically made for leather are needed to best care for this type of wallet. You'll need to spot clean it as needed but for more stubborn stains, it's best to have a dry cleaner who cares for leather look after it.
A. If you prefer not to carry a purse, a minimalist wallet can easily slide into the front or back pocket of your pants. You'll look less bulky, plus it will force you to cut the clutter and only carry what you need — making things feel lighter and easier.
ITSLIFE Women's RFID Blocking Large Capacity Luxury Genuine Leather Wallet
What you need to know: Made from prime grained leather that gets better with age, this wallet features a zipper closure to secure your items in place.
What you'll love: This wallet features military-grade shielding technology and proprietary RFID-blocking material.
What you should consider: Being leather and large, this wallet may feel heavy once your items are inside.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
YALUXE Women's RFID Blocking Multi-Card Organizer Wallet
What you need to know: This is a slim yet functional and durable everyday wallet made from cowhide leather.
What you'll love: This well-organized wallet comes with proprietary RFID blocking to protect your personal information.
What you should consider: This wallet can reach its capacity quickly if too many cards are added to it.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Travelambo Women's RFID Blocking Wallet
What you need to know: This RFID-blocking wallet is a great value and nicely organizes your essentials into 16 card slots and two zippered pockets.
What you'll love: With its vegan leather material, you'll still get the benefits of leather, like durability and design, without animal products.
What you should consider: Some phones may not fit properly in this wallet.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
OURBAG Women's Faux Leather Wallet
What you need to know: Made of high-quality leather, this wallet features a classic design with a button closure.
What you'll love: This wallet is soft and offers plenty of room for your necessities.
What you should consider: The card pockets of this wallet might be too deep.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Lavemi Women's RFID Blocking Small Bifold Leather Pocket Wallet
What you need to know: Made from cowhide wax oil leather that gets better with age, this wallet stays closed and flat when stuffed.
What you'll love: This RFID-blocking wallet is compact and convenient to toss in a coat pocket.
What you should consider: The coin compartment of this wallet might be too small.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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text: Does your university have public computer labs? Do the computers run some variant of Unix? At UMN, where I did my grad work in physics, there were a number of semi-public "Scientific Visualization" or "Large Data Analysis" labs that were hosted in the local supercomputer center. The center there has a number of large machines that you had to apply and give a really good rationale to use, but the smaller development labs (with 2-way to 10-way sunfires, similar sized sgi's, linux machines, etc) basically sat vacant 5-6 days per week. Some of the labs had a pbs queue, some had a condor queue, and some just required that background jobs be "nice +19 ./a.out". My graduate work required several large parametric studies which computationally looked like lots of monte-carlo-ish runs which could be done in parallel. The beauty of this was that no message passing was required, so, if there were 23 cores open one evening at 6pm, and assuming no one would be doing work overnight (for the next 14 hours), I could start 23 14 hour jobs at 6pm and have a little less than 2 weeks of cpu work done by 8am the next morning. I used (and mentioned) the technique in the paper, http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/101/37/13431 (search for "computational impotence"). This only works though if your university's computer labs run a unix-ish os, and if the sysadmins are progressive. At the school where I presently teach similar endeavors have been much harder to start-up. Nathan Moore On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 8:44 AM, Joe Landman <landman at scalableinformatics.com> wrote: > Hi Mark > > Mark Kosmowski wrote: > >> I'm in the US. I'm almost, but not quite ready for production runs - >> still learning the software / computational theory. I'm the first >> person in the research group (physical chemistry) to try to learn >> plane wave methods of solid state calculation as opposed to isolated >> atom-centered approximations and periodic atom centered calculations. >> > > Heh... my research group in grad school went through that transition in the > mid 90s. Went from an LCAO-type simulation to CP like methods. We needed a > t3e to run those (then). > > Love to compare notes and see which code you are using someday. > On-list/off-list is fine. > > It is turning out that the package I have spent the most time learning >> is perhaps not the best one for what we are doing. For a variety of >> reasons, many of which more off-topic than tac nukes and energy >> efficient washing machines ;) , I'm doing my studies part-time while >> working full-time in industry. >> > > More power to ya! I did mine that way too ... the writing was the hardest > part. Just don't lose focus, or stop believing you can do it. When the > light starts getting visible at the end of the process, it is quite > satisfying. > > I have other words to describe this, but they require a beer lever to get > them out of me ... > > I think I have come to a compromise that can keep me in business. >> Until I have a better understanding of the software and am ready for >> production runs, I'll stick to a small system that can be run on one >> node and leave the other two powered down. I've also applied for an >> adjunt instructor position at a local college for some extra cash and >> good experience. When I'm ready for production runs I can either just >> bite the bullet and pay the electricity bill or seek computer time >> elsewhere. >> > > Give us a shout when you want to try the time on a shared resource. Some > folks here may be able to make good suggestions. RGB is a physics guy at > Duke, doing lots of simulations, and might know of resources. Others here > might as well. > > Joe > > > >> Thanks for the encouragement, >> >> Mark E. Kosmowski >> >> On 7/1/08, ariel sabiguero yawelak <asabigue at fing.edu.uy> wrote: >> >>> Well Mark, don't give up! >>> I am not sure which one is your application domain, but if you require >>> 24x7 >>> computation, then you should not be hosting that at home. >>> On the other hand, if you are not doing real computation and you just >>> have a >>> testbed at home, maybe for debugging your parallel applications or >>> something >>> similar, you might be interested in a virtualized solution. Several years >>> ago, I used to "debug" some neural networks at home, but training >>> sessions >>> (up to two weeks of training) happened at the university. >>> I would suggest to do something like that. >>> You can always scale-down your problem in several phases and save the >>> complete data-set / problem for THE RUN. >>> >>> You are not being a heretic there, but suffering energy costs ;-) >>> In more places that you may believe, useful computing nodes are being >>> replaced just because of energy costs. Even in some application domains >>> you >>> can even loose computational power if you move from 4 nodes into a single >>> quad-core (i.e. memory bandwidth problems). I know it is very nice to be >>> able to do everything at home.. but maybe before dropping your studies or >>> working overtime to pay the electricity bill, you might want to >>> reconsider >>> the fact of collapsing your phisical deploy into a single virtualized >>> cluster. (or just dispatch several threads/processes in a single system). >>> If you collapse into a single system you have only 1 mainboard, one HDD, >>> one >>> power source, one processor (physically speaking), .... and you can >>> achieve >>> almost the performance of 4 systems in one, consuming the power of.... >>> well >>> maybe even less than a single one. I don't want to go into discussions >>> about >>> performance gain/loose due to the variation of the hardware architecture. >>> Invest some bucks (if you haven't done that yet) in a good power source. >>> Efficiency of OEM unbranded power sources is realy pathetic. may be >>> 45-50% >>> efficiency, while a good power source might be 75-80% efficient. Use the >>> energy for computing, not for heating your house. >>> What I mean is that you could consider just collapsing a complete "small" >>> cluster into single system. If your application is CPU-bound and not I/O >>> bound, VMware Server could be an option, as it is free software >>> (unfortunately not open, even tough some patches can be done on the >>> drivers). I think it is not possible to publish benchmarking data about >>> VMware, but I can tell you that in long timescales, the performance you >>> get >>> in the host OS is similar than the one of the guest OS. There are a lot >>> of >>> problems related to jitter, from crazy clocks to delays, but if your >>> application is not sensitive to that, then you are Ok. >>> Maybe this is not a solution, but you can provide more information >>> regarding >>> your problem before quitting... >>> >>> my 2 cents.... >>> >>> ariel >>> >>> Mark Kosmowski escribió: >>> >>> At some point there a cost-benefit analysis needs to be performed. If >>>> my cluster at peak usage only uses 4 Gb RAM per CPU (I live in >>>> single-core land still and do not yet differentiate between CPU and >>>> core) and my nodes all have 16 Gb per CPU then I am wasting RAM >>>> resources and would be better off buying new machines and physically >>>> transferring the RAM to and from them or running more jobs each >>>> distributed across fewer CPUs. Or saving on my electricity bill and >>>> powering down some nodes. >>>> >>>> As heretical as this last sounds, I'm tempted to throw in the towel on >>>> my PhD studies because I can no longer afford the power to run my >>>> three node cluster at home. Energy costs may end up being the straw >>>> that breaks this camel's back. >>>> >>>> Mark E. Kosmowski >>>> >>> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://www.beowulf.org/pipermail/beowulf/attachments/20080702/9fbf614d/attachment.html>


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The Santa Isabel wind farm is in development and expected to begin producing electricity in late 2011. It is located on the wind-rich southern end of the territory will become the largest wind energy project in Puerto Rico.
Speaking about the deal Mike Garland, CEO of Pattern Energy said: "The Pattern Santa Isabel wind project will be a premier project that will harness the winds on the Southern side of Puerto Rico, which are consistent during the peak hours of energy consumption."
Other Pattern Energy projects under construction include the 138MW St Joesph wind farm in Manitoba, Canada and the 101.2MW Hatchet Ridge development in northern California.


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Community choice aggregation describes a situation where a town can become the bulk buyer of electricity on behalf of its residential and small business customers. Such local aggregations serve about 5% of utility customers in Illinois, Ohio, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and California, but it's Marin Clean Energy in California that stands above the crowd for their commitment to renewable energy and their nearly decade-long fight to offer service.
Learn more about the struggle for local control of the energy system and its numerous advantages in this interview with Marin Clean Energy Executive Director Dawn Wiesz, recorded via Skype on Feb. 13, 2014.
Why is Local Aggregation Worthwhile?
I began by asking Dawn if the effort to form an aggregation in Marin County, almost 10 years in the making, was worthwhile.
When Did You Know You'd Beat the Utility?
Dawn said that it wasn't clear they'd made it until they finally offered electricity service on May 7, 2010. "It was a down to the wire development." The incumbent utility, Pacific Gas & Electric, had financed a ballot campaign to kill community choice aggregation by increasing the vote threshold from a majority to two-thirds, fought them at the Public Utilities Commission, and set up phone banks to dissuade potential customers from signing up.
"There's really not a level playing field," says Weisz. The incumbent monopoly provider has "brand recognition, an army of lawyers" and other resources that it deployed to stop the locals. Ultimately, Marin Clean Energy won, and about 75% of customers in their service territory now take electricity from Marin Clean Energy.
What Makes Local Aggregation Competitive?
Dawn notes that the local aggregation has several factors in their favor in offering competitive energy service to, and more renewable energy than, the incumbent utility. As she says, "we have low operating costs – we are a small and nimble shop – we procure in a very prudent way, maximizing renewables within our portfolio, and we don't have shareholder profits."
More Local Energy?
Marin Clean Energy only has about 1 megawatt of local renewable energy, a solar array at a local airport, but they have big plans for more. The mechanism for more local energy is a Deep Green fund, money from customers who have opted for 100% renewable electricity. Half the revenue from that fund will help finance pre-development for renewable energy built within the utility service area.
The utility also offers a feed-in tariff program, long-term contracts for buying solar or other renewable energy projects 1 megawatt or smaller that are built locally.
Dawn says they also have plans to support community solar or "syndicated solar," allowing customers to buy energy from solar arrays built locally.
Advice for Other Aggregators?
Dawn has two pieces of sage advice for communities jumping into local aggregation:
- Walk before you run
- Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good
In particular, the first piece of advice refers to the desire of Marin Clean Energy organizers to offer a high renewable energy share to everyone right away, but that they phased it in slowly in order to make it work. Also, she notes that it's really essential to get community buy-in with lots of local conversation and that taking the time to do so is what ensures all the pieces fall into place.
What's Next?
Dawn says they're seeing a real change with the utilities in California that may indicate a smoother road for future community choice aggregation efforts. Sonoma Clean Power is planning to launch in the next year, and many other communities in California are moving forward, offering customers "the only real choice they have" over their energy future.
You can learn more about community choice aggregation from our 2009 report or from the Local Energy Aggregation Network, a nonprofit based in California that provides information and technical assistance to states and communities considering local aggregation.
Article by John Farrell, appearing courtesy Institute for Local Self-Reliance.


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DFRWS is the leading digital forensics research conference and the 10th annual conference was held from August 2 to 4, 2010 in Portland, Oregon. The conference was be held at the University Place Hotel and Conference Center near Portland State University.
Congratulations to James Okolica and Gilbert Peterson for winning the Best Paper Award. We would also like to congratulate Solal Jacob for winning the Forensics Challenge. Thanks to the organizing committee, program committee, and sponsors for helping to make the conference go so smoothly.
This page provides access to many resources from the conference:
The annual DFRWS conference allows leading digital forensics researchers from government, industry, and academia to present their work and results to fellow researchers and practitioners. Many of the most cited digital forensics papers have been presented at DFRWS and the annual challenge has spawned research in important areas. Initial results and tool prototypes are also presented during the Works in Progress and demo sessions.
The conference typically has about 100 people and is therefore small enough so that attendees meet each other and can interact with the speakers. A tradition of DFRWS as been its casual and interactive atmosphere where break out sessions exist to discuss topics related to the presentations. There are also opportunities to interact during the welcome reception and banquet. After the banquet, attendees can put their forensics skills to the test when they form teams to participate in the annual Forensics Rodeo, which is a challenge that requires participants to analyze data and answer questions.
The DFRWS has a limited number of scholarships which may be awarded to students presenting a paper at the DFRWS Conference. The intent is to help alleviate the financial burden on a student who might otherwise be unable to attend due to the cost of hotel expenses and registration. To be eligible to receive a scholarship, the applicant must meet ALL of the following requirements:
Typically, scholarships only help defray the costs of lodging and registration. Scholarships are not transferable or otherwise redeemable. Consideration for scholarships will not take place until after the acceptance of papers. Scholarship requests have no bearing on whether or not a paper is accepted for presentation.
Scholarship requests must be submitted by May 11, 2010 (the same day that final drafts are due). Authors will be notified by May 29, 2010. The request must include a cover letter that explains why you should receive a scholarship. Prior to award, scholarship candidates will be required to provide written correspondence from a faculty advisor to the DFRWS (details provided to potential awardees when needed).
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What has 6 legs, 19 servos, an Arduino for brains, and an ultrasonic sensor for eyes? It's Hexy the Hexapod from Arcbotics, and it's available in the Maker Shed just in time for the Holidays. Hexy is a completely open source, fully articulated 6 legged robot that's designed for low cost and maximum robotic enjoyment. With full documentation and online tutorials, Hexy makes learning advanced robotic concepts like inverse kinematics straightforward and fun. The Arduino based controller is easily re-programmed and your Hexy will be ready to walk, play, or dance as soon as you upload the demo programs. The Hexy kit will arrive ready to assemble and even includes a screwdriver so you won't even have to dig through your toolbox on Christmas morning.
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Rick Diamond, Getty Images Might there be some new album progress in the Pearl Jam camp? Bassist Jeff Ament revealed that the group did recently meet with producer Brendan O'Brien, which may be a sign the band is ready to resume work on their long-awaited follow-up to the 2009 effort, 'Backspacer.' O'Brien has a lengthy history with Pearl Jam, lending his production and mixing talents to the 'Vs.,' 'Vitalogy,' 'No Code' and 'Yield' albums. He was solely focused on mixing for the 'Binaural' and 'Riot Act' discs, before resuming his production duties on 'Backspacer.' Several members of Pearl Jam, including Ament himself , have spoken in recent months that the group was " halfway " through the recording process of their new album. However, the band members also spent quite a bit of time apart in the latter portion of 2012 and beginning of 2013 with the idea that they would resume recording when the time felt right. Ament tells Rolling Stone , "There's a lot of ideas kind of floating around right now. I mean, the cool thing about taking a year away from [Pearl Jam] is, you know, we could almost start from scratch and it wouldn't really be that big of a deal, you know? I hope it comes out this year at some point." However, if completing a Pearl Jam record doesn't come to fruition this year, Ament says he's prepared to continue with his side project RNDM. He adds, "We have another RNDM record ready. If RNDM's my band for the next year, I'm stoked." At present, RNDM are considering adding more tour dates and recording a bit more depending on how everyone's schedules work out. Regardless of Pearl Jam's progress on a new album, the group will be getting in some touring this year. The band has already announced a handful of dates around the world, with a special show planned for Chicago's Wrigley Field in July. [button href="http://loudwire.com/best-pearl-jam-songs/" title="Next: 10 Best Pearl Jam Songs" align="center"]
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Governor Cuomo delivers expansive address
During a stop at Farmingdale State College last week for his round of regional State of the State addresses, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a proposal to invest millions of dollars in projects spanning the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR).
Cuomo said the proposal includes plans to make improvements to 16 LIRR stations, including the construction of new stops at Brookhaven National Laboratory and MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma.
"The Long Island Rail Road began in 1834. Long Island's population was 37,000 people. It is now 2.9 million people. The Long Island Rail Road has not kept the scale," said Cuomo. "We need to make changes and we need to make them quickly. We have to grow to stay ahead and we're going to start that this year. We'll invest $80 million to modernize 16 major MTA and LIRR stations. The station enhancements will include new facilities, Wi-Fi, charging stations, clearer signage for travelers, public art in every station. Believe it or not, we're going to do it right. We're not just going to clean it up, it's going to be a place to be proud of."
Cuomo also said he wants to make people proud of their local government, while simultaneously lowering property taxes for Long Island residents. The governor said that the median state tax is $1,874, while property tax soars to $4,700. Property taxes, according to Cuomo, have always been the problem for residents and the governor presented data that showed New York state boasts the highest property taxes in the country, with Westchester at no. 1, followed by Nassau County at no. 2 and Suffolk at no. 12.
"How are our state property taxes so high? Because we have a proliferation of local government in the state of New York that is more expensive than virtually any other state in the country," he said. "We want to be economically competitive, we want to get the taxes down and we have to focus on property taxes. They crush senior citizens. They crush home sales. You have a lot of home sales where the taxes are higher than the mortgage that you would pay. In the old days, the question was can you pay the mortgage. Now the question is can you pay the taxes?"
The key to bringing property taxes down in Nassau and Suffolk counties, according to Cuomo, is for the county executives to convene all the local governments in one room and work together to find savings and cost inefficiencies. Cuomo said that Nassau County has 305 local governments, each operating autonomously, which means each town does its own purchasing. Instead, Cuomo wants to see towns working together to achieve one "massive purchase order to get them economy of sale."
"They would say, 'you know what? Not everybody has to buy a $100,000 bulldozer,'" he said. "'We'll share the bulldozer, because we don't use it every day.' There has to be all sorts of savings that you can find."
Other Long Island proposals touted by the governor during the address included making college tuition free for the state's middle class families at all SUNY and CUNY colleges; transforming JFK International Airport into an airport equipped to meet the demands of the 21st century; creating a 90-megwatt wind farm 30 miles southeast of Montauk; and combating heroin and opioid addiction.
The governor closed by saying that Long Island needs smart growth in order to remain a viable place to live.
"It cannot take us 30 years to build the Long Island Rail Road second track and 30 years to build the Long Island Rail Road third track. It can't take us 10 years to replace a rest area on Long Island," he said. "I know change is hard, I know there is a desire to remain in control, but if we want to make Long Island better than it has ever been, we are going to need to step up and have the courage to do it."
Cuomo's Keys For Long Island
Proposal 1: Make college tuition-free for New York's middle class families at all SUNY and CUNY two- and four-year colleges. The Excelsior Scholarship will be the first of its kind in the nation and will help alleviate the crushing burden of student debt while enabling thousands of bright young students to realize their dream of higher education.
Proposal 23: Reduce property taxes by empowering voters to approve locally-designed plans that eliminate duplicate services to lower the cost of local government.
Proposal 24: Invest $160 million in transformative projects on Long Island. The proposal includes $120 million for the LIRR—to provide state-of-the-art enhancements to 16 stations and improve system connectivity—and $40 million to build sewers that will support economic growth and environmental sustainability in Smithtown and Kings Park.
Proposal 25: Build a 90 megawatt offshore wind project 30 miles southeast of Montauk and develop up to 2.4 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2030. The project will be the nation's largest offshore wind farm and the plan will outline the path forward for this unprecedented commitment to offshore wind and will be completed by the end of 2017.
Source: https://longislandweekly.com/the-state-of-the-island/


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Obviously, most of us encounters very stressful days, some of the greatest things that take away those stress and pains in the body is by relaxing and having a such calming massage. On the other hand, going to a certain spa or making some therapist to go to your home to massage you is not something all of us could afford. Considering on the list of the good things that you can get from a relaxation, it can make you think that if you will buy a massage chair it is really worth it. Surely, buying a chair can cost a lot of money but if you think of it, it will be a worthy one. Undeniably, experiments have disclose that a massage mostly helps in taking the edge out of stress, it also aids in taking away various body pains, stiffness and aches, good in controlling depression and anxiety, detoxifies the body, it also accelerates the healing time, upgrade circulation, regulates the blood pressures and also boost your strength. As a matter of fact, in a long period of time, your health expenses can be lessen because of a massage chair. In addition to, the certain therapy that you can get from getting a massage is also proven that it is effective in adrenalizing the certain system, it is also engaged in curing cancer and can also help in reducing fatigueness and nausea and removing toxins.
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Black voters and the future of Southern politics
This month marks the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer, the massive organizing project that brought more than 1,000 volunteers to Mississippi and drew national attention to the ongoing civil rights struggle in the South.
Freedom Summer was launched as an assault on segregation and inequality on many fronts. Activists set up 30 Freedom Schools as an alternative to the state's underfunded and segregated education system. The Medical Committee for Human Rights offered free health clinics.
While Freedom Summer went beyond electoral politics, a key focus from the beginning was breaking down voting barriers and harnessing African-American political power. Mississippi was chosen in part because less than seven percent of the state's black voters were registered in 1962, according to the Congress of Racial Equality, and Freedom Summer built on ongoing voter registration efforts. Organizers launched the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party as a rival to the white-controlled state Democratic Party, and Freedom Summer helped pave the way for passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
This year, with elections looming in Southern states that could decide who controls the U.S. Senate, political observers and strategists have rediscovered the importance of the black vote. Recent analyses in The New York Times, The Washington Post and elsewhere have shown that key U.S. Senate races in Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana and North Carolina will hinge in part on mobilizing African-American voters.
But a new report by the Center for American Progress and Southern Elections Foundation argues that a Freedom Summer-like push to register and mobilize African-American voters -- along with Latinos, Asian-Americans, youth and other pieces of the so-called New American Electorate -- could reshape Southern politics far beyond the 2014 elections, something Facing South has been arguing for several years.
"True South: Unleashing Democracy in the Black Belt 50 Years After Freedom Summer" [pdf] by former NAACP leader Ben Jealous looks at the unrealized potential of African-American and other New Majority voters. It argues that, with a coordinated national effort, political change could come to the South much more quickly than previously imagined.
Drawing on Census Bureau data, the report estimates there are 3.7 million unregistered African-American voters in Black Belt states, and 4 million eligible Latinos and Asian-Americans who aren't registered. As Jealous wrote in a follow-up piece for MSNBC, getting just a portion of those voters signed up and to the polls could have immediate results, starting with the example of Georgia:
[T]he average margin of victory in Georgia over the last three elections was minimal: just over 260,000 votes. So what would it take to give voters of color in Georgia a voice?
Our report found that a massive wave of voter registration could shake up the political dynamic. If organizers were to register 60% of unregistered black voters in the state -- and those voters then turned out at previous levels -- it would create a corps of 290,000 new black voters. That is 30,000 more than the average margin of victory for a governor in the state. Moreover, a voter drive that registered 60% of unregistered black, Hispanic and Asian voters would create 369,000 new voters of color, or 109,000 more than the margin of victory.
Looking at other Southern states, the report comes to the same conclusion. In South Carolina, registering 40 percent of New Majority voters would be enough to change election outcomes; in North Carolina, it would only take 10 percent. As Jealous concludes:
All in all, the report found that registering 60 percent of unregistered black, Hispanic, and Asian voters would upset the balance of power in Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas in either a presidential or midterm election year. In a presidential election year, Alabama would be added to the list.
But of course, demography by itself isn't destiny. The make-up of Southern states is rapidly changing, but there are still very real barriers to the New Majority realizing its full political potential. The raft of election law changes, including restrictive voter ID laws and slashing early voting days, will hit the emerging Southern electorate the hardest. Post-2010 redistricting in state legislatures and Congressional districts has dilluted the power of African-American, Latino and other New Majority voters. State-level anti-immigration laws and the rise of deportations in recent years have created a chilling climate in communities of newcomers.
To overcome these and other obstacles, those seeking to harness the potential power for change in the South need to think big, think strategically, and think long-term. Reaching, registering and mobilizing New Majority voters in the South will take a big investment of resources from national groups, working through local leadership. For the New Majority to emerge as a real political force, there will have to be strong coalitions and alliances among New Majority communities.
And it will also take a long-term view that isn't driven by election cycles and immediate political payoff but is focused on building long-term power in disenfranchised communities. As the "True South" report argues, this is another lesson to be learned form Freedom Summer, 50 years on:
The organizers of Freedom Summer did not just have a one-year plan. The summer of 1964 was always meant to be the beginnings of a multi-faceted, multi-year campaign. Any modern movement to build a more inclusive Black Belt needs to be seen as a generational battle.
Chris Kromm
Chris Kromm is executive director of the Institute for Southern Studies and publisher of the Institute's online magazine, Facing South.


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A friend just wrote to tell me that this photo is featured on the contents page of the new "Buddhadharma, the Practitioner's Quarterly" ... and I think there is a short article with it too (maybe in their tech section) on our recent "All Online Rohatsu Sesshin". Haven't seen it though.
Thank you Tina and Tina's Husband, who took the photo.
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June is never a good month on the plains. It was 46°C in Fortress Islamabad a fortnight ago. The hundreds of security guards manning roadblocks and barriers were wilting, sweat pouring down their faces as they waved cars and motorbikes through. The evening breeze brought no respite. It, too, was unpleasantly warm, and it was difficult not to sympathise with those who, defying the law, jumped into the Rawal Lake, the city's main reservoir, in an attempt to cool down. Further south in Lahore it was even hotter, and there were demonstrations when the generator at Mangla that sporadically supplies the city with electricity collapsed completely.
As far as the political temperature goes there is never a good month in Pakistan. This is a country whose fate is no longer in its own hands. I have never known things so bad. The chief problems are the United States and its requirements, the religious extremists, the military high command, and corruption, not just on the part of President Zardari and his main rivals, but spreading well beyond them.
This is now Obama's war. He campaigned to send more troops into Afghanistan and to extend the war, if necessary, into Pakistan. These pledges are now being fulfilled. On the day he publicly expressed his sadness at the death of a young Iranian woman caught up in the repression in Tehran, US drones killed 60 people in Pakistan. The dead included women and children, whom even the BBC would find it difficult to describe as 'militants'. Their names mean nothing to the world; their images will not be seen on TV networks. Their deaths are in a 'good cause'.
More than two million refugees ('internally displaced persons' – IDPs in NGO jargon) have been driven out of the areas of the North-West Frontier Province bordering Afghanistan by the army, and from the Swat Valley both by the brutalities of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the military response to them. NGOs, knowing this is where Western cash is headed, swarm around the refugee camps like flies. Here, too, corruption is rife, despite the presence of many dedicated volunteers. One of them told me that the only organised and non-corrupt presence was that of the army, which, if true, must be a first. The same volunteer, who worked in a camp near Mardan, proudly showed me pictures of herself on General Nadeem Ahmed's helicopter – he commands the operation to help the IDPs – while informing me that the overwhelming bulk of refugees blame the United States and the army for their plight, not the 'terrorists' in their various guises. Listening to her, I wondered whether Samuel Huntington's idea of moving peasants into 'strategic hamlets' in South Vietnam had been the model for this operation as well: remove the people from war zones and the enemy will have no one to recruit. It's hardly a secret here that the US is paying the army to build new cantonments in the cleansed zones on the Pak-Afghan frontier. It won't work, but it sounds good and it's good for the army's cashflow. Some in Pakistan seriously believe that a few hundred TTP heads in the basket will solve their problems, and are supportive of the army while distancing themselves from the US use of drones, but the two go together. Others gaze admiringly at the ruthlessness with which the Sri Lankan army rooted out the Tamil Tigers, regardless of the collateral damage.
In May this year, Graham Fuller, a former CIA station chief in Kabul, published an assessment of the crisis in the region in the Huffington Post. Ignored by the White House, since he was challenging most of the assumptions on which the escalation of the war was based, Fuller was speaking for many in the intelligence community in his own country as well as in Europe. It's not often that I can agree with a recently retired CIA man, but not only did Fuller say that Obama was 'pressing down the same path of failure in Pakistan marked out by George Bush' and that military force would not win the day, he also explained to readers of the Huffington Post that the Taliban are all ethnic Pashtuns, that the Pashtuns 'are among the most fiercely nationalist, tribalised and xenophobic peoples of the world, united only against the foreign invader' and 'in the end probably more Pashtun than they are Islamist'. 'It is a fantasy,' he said, 'to think of ever sealing the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.' And I don't imagine he is the only retired CIA man to refer back to the days when Cambodia was invaded 'to save Vietnam'.
I left Islamabad on 1 July, a day before the Independence Day party held by the US ambassador, Anne Patterson. Probably the most heavily guarded event in the global social calendar, this is the modern equivalent of the viceroy's garden parties in old New Delhi. The leaders of the political, military and economic elite jostle with each other and with favoured journalists for the attention of the ambassador. Observers note that Patterson spent more time talking to X from Baluchistan than to Y from Peshawar. Might this mean that the frontline is going to be shifted to Baluchistan? Less important guests peer over heads and shoulders to see who else is present so that they can determine the pecking order of flattery.
Patterson can be disarmingly frank. Earlier this year, she offered a mid-term assessment to a visiting Euro-intelligence chief. While Musharraf had been unreliable, saying one thing in Washington and doing its opposite back home, Zardari was perfect: 'He does everything we ask.' What is disturbing here is not Patterson's candour, but her total lack of judgment. Zardari may be a willing creature of Washington, but the intense hatred for him in Pakistan is not confined to his political opponents. He is despised principally because of his venality. He has carried on from where he left off as minister of investment in his late wife's second government. Within weeks of occupying President's House, his minions were ringing the country's top businessmen, demanding a share of their profits.
Take the case of Mr X, who owns one of the country's largest banks. He got a call. Apparently the president wanted to know why his bank had sacked a PPP member soon after Benazir Bhutto's fall in the late 1990s. X said he would find out and let them know. It emerged that the sacked clerk had been caught with his fingers literally in the till. President's House was informed. The explanation was rejected. The banker was told that the clerk had been victimised for political reasons. The man had to be reinstated and his salary over the last 18 years paid in full together with the interest due. The PPP had also to be compensated and would expect a cheque (the sum was specified) soon. Where the president leads, his retainers follow. Many members of the cabinet and their progeny are busy milking businessmen and foreign companies. 'If they can do it, so can we' is a widely expressed view in Karachi, the country's largest city. Muggings, burglaries, murders, many of them part of protection rackets linked to politicians, have made it the Naples of the East.
There is also a widespread feeling that the methods used to manoeuvre Zardari into the presidency after Benazir's assassination were immoral. A documentary shown on the first anniversary of her death on the privately owned GEO TV raised a number of serious questions regarding her security and asked why the man responsible for organising her protection drove away when her car was held up. When she was hit, he was nowhere to be seen. This man, Rehman Malik, an old Zardari crony and one of the family's principal contacts with Western intelligence agencies when it was in exile, is currently the interior minister.
For several months now, wild and unsubstantiated rumours linking Zardari to his wife's death have swept the country. A woman I know who was once very close to Benazir is convinced that there is some truth in them and is much irritated by my scepticism. She provided me with an account, which, if true, would require Asifa Zardari, the couple's younger daughter, to give evidence in court against her father. The same story has been repeated to me by many others, none of them paranoid or given to thoughts of conspiracy. Stranger things have happened in the country, but I remain unconvinced. What is interesting is not that these tales circulate, but the number of people who believe them – which indicates how the widower is generally regarded.
These rumours came into the open at the end of June, when the head of the Bhutto clan, Mumtaz Ali Bhutto, chairman of the Sind National Front, publicly accused Zardari at a press conference, alleging that 'the killer of Murtaza Bhutto had also murdered Benazir … Now I am his target. A hefty amount has been paid to mercenaries to kill me.' (Zardari is generally regarded as having ordered his brother-in-law Murtaza's death. Shoaib Suddle, the police chief in Karachi, who organised the operation that led to Murtaza Bhutto's death, has now been promoted and is head of the Intelligence Bureau.) Mumtaz Bhutto demanded an inquiry into Benazir's assassination and pooh-poohed attempts by Washington and its local satraps to blame the crime on the TTP leader, Baitullah Mahsud. Bhutto predicted that Zardari and his cronies would soon be convicted of corruption or forced to flee the country, but this is wishful thinking, and assumes a great deal, including a shift in US policies.
Mahsud and his followers are specialists in sawing off heads, flogging women and kidnapping people. Grisly videos of informers having their throats cut are circulated by the TTP as a deterrent. Yet, only a few months ago, Mahsud could be seen at wedding receptions and press conferences. Today he has the distinction of being the first Pakistani with a price on his head. The US announced a $5 million reward, to which the Pakistan government added a miserly $600,000, for his capture dead or alive. Head money has also been offered for Mahsud's junior commanders: $182,000 for Faqir Mohammed in Bajaur and $122,000 each for three others, much less than the Indian Premier League offers Pakistani cricketers. While welcoming back the Pakistan cricket team after their triumph in the Twenty20 championship this summer, the country's token prime minister, Yousaf Gilani, insisted that we must follow the example of our cricket team and defeat the terrorists.
The refugees from the Swat Valley, where the TTP have committed serial atrocities, tell a different story from the Pashtuns displaced by US drones, bomber jets and Pakistani army forays in South Waziristan, near the Afghan frontier. They say they were abandoned for years by the government and left to the mercy of armed fanatics. This is true. And if you ask why the Pakistani state tolerated armed groups that openly challenged its monopoly of violence, the answer is straightforward. These groups were regarded in Islamabad as auxiliaries in the coming battle for Afghanistan. The decision to crush the leadership of the TTP was taken under heavy US pressure, which is why Mahsud and his deputy in Swat, Maulana Fazlollah, regard the assault on their positions as treachery.
Fazlollah's reign of terror antagonised most Pakistanis, including those hostile to the US presence in the region. The public flogging of a Swati woman, captured on video and then shown on TV, generated real anger. For once the TTP was put on the defensive and publicly dissociated itself from the flogging. Making use of this display of weakness the government wheeled one of the country's top religious scholars, Dr Sarfraz Naeemi Al-Azhari, in front of the cameras to declare the TTP an 'anti-Islamic' organisation, since Islamic tradition forbids suicide and by extension suicide bombings – for that reason often known as 'martyrdom operations'. On 12 June, the TTP despatched a suicide bomber to take care of Al-Azhari. Both men were 'martyred'. Earlier, the government had bribed, cajoled and bullied one of Mahsud's lieutenants, Qari Zainuddin, to break with his leader and denounce him in public. Qari did as he was asked, though the eventual denunciation was characteristically bizarre. He accused Mahsud of being a triple agent and claimed he was working for India, America and Israel, as well as other enemies of Pakistan. That is why, Zainuddin said, he was targeting the Pakistan army and its security services. Some actually believed this nonsense and it irritated Mahsud. On 23 June, one of Qari Zainuddin's bodyguards shot him dead. There will almost certainly be more of this in the coming months.
Meanwhile Mahsud's parents have been picked up by the police and are in 'protective custody' – in other words, being used as hostages. On the day this was announced, Owais Ghani, the beleaguered governor of the North-West Frontier Province, warned on TV that if the US-Nato leaders don't develop an exit strategy soon, the indiscriminate repression of Pashtuns on both sides of the Durand Line will lead to an uprising against the foreign troops. Mahsud wasn't the only problem, in other words. The following day Pakistan air-force chiefs were paraded on TV with the Chinese ('our all-weather friends') government company that is building JF-17 Thunder aircraft at the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex. Might some of these be ready in time to track down Mahsud, something that US surveillance and reconnaissance missions have so far failed to do?
The TTP is a product of the recent Afghan wars, Russian, indigenous and American, its thinking a poisonous combination of traditional tribal patriarchy and Wahhabi prescriptions. It has been severely criticised by the Afghan groups fighting Nato for not participating in that struggle. Capturing and killing its leaders may make people feel better, but it will solve very little. The bulk of TTP supporters will simply melt away and regroup to fight another day. Attempts to destroy them will lead to even more civilian casualties. Many of Mahsud's supporters are now leaving Swat and linking up with other Pashtun groups in Waziristan to fight the Pakistan army. There are reports that a new organisation uniting the previously competing mujahedin groups has been formed. Gul Bahadur, considered a pro-government Pashtun commander because he signed a truce agreement in February 2008, has reneged on the deal and joined the opposition. This new group claimed responsibility for the ambush of a military convoy on 28 June that led to the death of 15 soldiers in response to air-strikes carried out on villages the week before, in which a number of civilians were killed – their names were not released.
The longer the war continues, the greater the possibility of serious cracks within the army. Not at the level of the high command, but among majors and captains, as well as among the soldiers they command, who are far from happy with the tasks assigned to them. Religious divines have been found to pronounce that a soldier killed in fighting the TTP is a martyr and will go to heaven, but the potential martyrs know that most mullahs believe they will go to hell. Quite a few, no doubt, think they're already there.
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AL1CE is a multimedia performing arts rock group that fuses dance, surrealist art, video, world music, electronica and rock into a veritable broth of sound and vision. The music began as a collaboration between Gordon Bash, Tash Cox, and Scott Landes, all members of Mankind is Obsolete, who began forging their vision of creating a surreal sound and bringing in their influences of Pink Floyd, Tool, Queen, and new wave and electronic music into a fusion that grew organically during early jam sessions between the three original members. The concept of AL1CE was conceived by the trio on an excursion to Joshua Tree, a desert park dotted by silhouettes of cacti, a rugged terrain, and the foundation from which their imaginations were able to spark and ignite. Their ultimate vision included theatrical elements, and AL1CE began to branch out to collaborate with Sypher Arts Studios, an artist collective that put on the Labyrinth Masquerade Ball, the largest masquerade ball in North America. This collaboration would set the foundation for AL1CE to become the musical part of an immersive show.
After releasing their debut album, the trio would eventually grow into a 5-piece, with Sasha Travis and Steve Kefalas completing the lineup. Coming from a background of filmmaking and theater, Sasha became the main director for all the music videos that would be launched every full moon for 14 months. 2017 and 2018 became the most ambitious years for the group, as they released one new song, music video, and accompanying artwork every month during this time period, with the final culmination of that work, "The Thirteenth Hour". During this time, AL1CE toured extensively and would film, edit, and create music, even while on tour. The music from this album reflects the lives of the band members through this passage of time, exploring themes of loss, longing, mortality, and ultimately empowerment, with the music expressing the strong bond within the band. Honoring their collaborative spirit, the group worked with over 100 artists to make both music album and movie. The highly talented cast and crew included artists who had worked on shows such as American Horror Story, Westworld, and Sleepy Hollow, bringing in a wide background of genres that brought in elements of surrealism, horror, and sci-fi into the film. The full feature length film Anthology DVD seamlessly ties together each song into the underlying storyline. After a successful PledgeMusic campaign, AL1CE launched a Pacific Northwest tour in late summer 2018.
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Do you have big hips or a "beer" belly? Are you "apple-shaped" or "pear-shaped"? It makes a difference, since we know that abdominal obesity is linked to diabetes and many other metabolic conditions, i.e., the metabolic syndrome. What's new is that, according to a new study led by researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, both obesity and body shape seem to be controlled by important genes that are part of the mechanisms regulating normal development.
"By looking at your genes, we can tell how fat you are and how your body fat will be distributed," said lead researcher C. Ronald Kahn, M.D., President of Joslin and the Mary K. Iacocca Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. In lower animals, he added, it's long been known that genes play an important role in the body's development. "Genes tell the body where the head goes and where the tail goes, what goes on the front and what goes on the back. In insects, genes determine if the wings go on the front or back and whether they will be large or small. So it's not surprising that in humans, genes may determine how many fat cells we have and where they are located," he said.
Together with Joslin post-doctoral fellow Stephane Gesta, Ph.D., and colleagues at the University of Leipzig in Germany, the researchers for the first time used gene chips as a tool to understand what genes might control the development of fat inside the abdomen versus fat under the skin. The resulting study will be published online today, April 10, in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
When it comes to obesity, the location of body fat can significantly impact one's risk for developing serious chronic diseases. Obesity, which is reaching worldwide epidemic proportions, is a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and other metabolic disorders. Doctors have long recognized that people who are "apple-shaped" -- with their fat concentrated in the abdomen -- are much higher risk for diabetes and metabolic syndrome than those whose fat is mainly subcutaneous, i.e., distributed beneath the skin primarily in the buttocks and thighs.
While recent studies at Joslin and elsewhere have shed light on the role of appetite and energy expenditure (physical activity) in obesity, little has been known about the role of genes in fat distribution or the association of genes in metabolic disorders like type 2 diabetes.
To investigate this question the researchers examined the genetic makeup of fat samples from around internal organs and under the skin of both mice and almost 200 human subjects ranging from normal to very obese, and including people with mostly abdominal obesity and people with subcutaneous and intra-abdominal obesity. Theorizing that fat distribution patterns -- and perhaps obesity itself -- may originate in the genes involved in control of development, the researchers found that as many as 12 developmental genes may play a role in different fat depots and that at least three of these seemed to be especially important in obesity.
The researchers compared levels of activity for these three genes --Tbx15, Gpc4, and HoxA5 -- in intra-abdominal and subcutaneous fat taken from individuals of normal weight versus overweight or obese individuals. "The differences we found in gene expression were so distinct," said Dr. Gesta, "that we could identify the body mass index (level of obesity) and the waist/hip ratio (whether the fat is in the abdomen or under the skin) in the overweight population by the expression level of these genes. This finding suggests that the expression of these genes could be related to the pathogenesis of obesity."
These results also suggest that different fat cell precursors are responsible for where the body stores fat. "While we don?t know yet whether this genetic activity is a cause or an effect of obesity," said Dr. Gesta, "these data do suggest that different forms of obesity could be a developmental problem that begins very early in life."
Can people outsmart their fat genes to alter the outcome? "Now that's the big question," said Dr. Kahn. "While we now can predict the fat pattern, we have no magic bullet to alter the outcome. But with these new findings, we have identified potential targets for perhaps one day changing body shape. We don't have drugs to alter the pattern now, but perhaps in the future we will."
Other Joslin researchers participating in the study were Yuji Yamamoto, Andrew W. Norris, M.D., Ph. D., Jeremie Boucher, Ph.D., and Choy Lewis. Researchers from the Department of Internal Medicine of the University of Leipzig were Matthias Blüher, M.D., Janin Berndt, and Susan Kralisch.
Funding for the study was provided by the National Institutes of Health, the American Diabetes Association, the Diabetes Genome Anatomy Project (DGAP), and the Deutsche Forschungsgeminschaft.
About Joslin Diabetes Center
Joslin Diabetes Center, dedicated to conquering diabetes in all of its forms, is the global leader in diabetes research, care and education. Founded in 1898, Joslin is an independent nonprofit institution affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Joslin research is a team of more than 300 people at the forefront of discovery aimed at preventing and curing diabetes. Joslin Clinic, affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, the nationwide network of Joslin Affiliated Programs, and the hundreds of Joslin educational programs offered each year for clinicians, researchers and patients, enable Joslin to develop, implement and share innovations that immeasurably improve the lives of people with diabetes. As a nonprofit, Joslin benefits from the generosity of donors in advancing its mission. For more information on Joslin, call 1-800-JOSLIN-1 or visit www.joslin.org
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TABLE 1: General Survey Characteristics Collection method
Sample coverage
Sample design/size
Enumeration period
Collection methodology
Main output units
Sample design/size The sample design and size was similar in the 1989/90 and 1995 surveys and any differences in estimates between these two surveys is unlikely to be due to these factors. While the overall sample of households was about 18% lower in 2001 than 1995, the enumeration of selected persons only within households means that the 2001 sample of persons is about half that of the 1995 survey. The 2001 approach enabled a greater spreading of the sample and reduced the effects of clustering of characteristics within households on the final estimates. However the smaller sample in 2001 has the effect of more than doubling the standard errors on estimates as shown below:
As shown in table 2, the lower reliability of similar sized estimates from the 2001 survey should be considered in interpreting apparent changes between the two surveys. It is recommended that apparent changes are tested for 95% confidence intervals to ensure that any changes are not the product of different sample size and design. (For an example of how to calculate 95% confidence intervials, see Appendix A.)
Partial enumeration of households In the 1989/90 and 1995 NHS all persons in sampled dwellings were included in the survey, and only records from fully responding households were retained on the data file. This meant that results could be compiled at household, family and income unit level in addition to person level. Because the 2001 survey sub-sampled persons in households (one adult, one child 7-17 years, all children 0-6 years) complete enumeration only occurred in a minority of households, and by definition, only in single adult households. The table below shows the degree of enumeration within households, by household composition. TABLE 4: Number of Households by Composition and Coverage: 2001 NHS(G)
(b) Includes households where a spouse was less than 18 years old.
In addition to the assessments for each health risk factor, notes on the questionnaire design that may have influenced the level of response for the various health risk factors are also provided. Crude rates are provided for users to check against their own analysis to ensure their method of comparability is correct. Where relevant, comments (including information from other sources) are provided to assist in making assessments on the reliability of the comparison over time. Alcohol Questions
Collection Method
Where precise brand information was not recorded, the coding system used default alcohol content values based on drink type. These values are shown below and the amount (in mls) of beverage consumed was multiplied by the values below to obtain pure alcohol consumption (in mls). Calculations
Context effects
Alcohol risk level ranges The following output categories were used at the time of each survey.
Crude rate percentages for alcohol risk level based on 2001 alcohol risk level ranges (see above), persons aged 18 years and over
Body mass index Comparability: 1989/90 and 1995: Acceptable 1995 and 2001: Acceptable 1989-90 to 2001: AcceptableQuestions
Population BMI calculated for respondents who were 15 + years Collection method
Context Effects
BMI (kg/ m2) ranges The following output categories were used at the time of each survey.
Crude rate percentages of BMI using 2001 ranges, persons aged 15 years and over The following are based on ranges at the time of 2001 enumeration.
Comments In interpreting data for this topic, users should be aware that the data are 'self-reported' by respondents and hence may differ from those which might be obtained by measurement. Previous studies have indicated that people tend to under report their weight and overestimate their height. For more information, refer to the ABS publication How Australians Measure Up, ABS Cat. No. 4359.0. No data is available for remote areas in the 1995 NHS. Note: There are differences in classification of BMI between 1989/90, 1995 and 2001. 2001 NHS meets both the NHMRC and WHO's classification of BMI. Exercise level Comparability: 1989/90 and 1995: Acceptable 1995 and 2001: Acceptable 1989-90 to 2001: Acceptable Questions
Collection Method
Calculations - Scores for Exercise Intensity
Context effects The different contexts of the preceding topics is expected to cause minimal effect.
Scores for Exercise Level The following output categories were used at the time of each survey. Scores for exercise level are calculated by the following formula: Number of times activity undertaken in past 2 weeks X Average time per session (in minutes) X Intensity
Crude rate percentages for exercise level using 2001 ranges, persons aged 15 years and over
General Comments While the derived item cut-offs and the continuous scale scores for exercise level changed between 1989/90, 1995 and 2001, the ability to rederive new data items based on the new cut-offs remains. Therefore it is possible to derive a new data item based on the new score cut-offs for 1989/90 (thus enabling comparability across all three surveys). Smoking status Comparability: 1989/90 and 1995: Acceptable 1995 and 2001: Acceptable 1989-90 to 2001: Acceptable Questions used in Survey
Collection method
Context effects The different contexts of the preceding topics is expected to cause minimal effect.
Crude rate percentages smoking status, persons aged 18 years and over
General Comments Data not available for remote areas in 1995 NHS. Data on smoking status are generally considered directly comparable so long as the same items are being compared. 6. REFERENCES ABS 2003a, National Health Survey, Australia, 2001 Users' Guide, cat. no. 4816.0.55.001 last viewed 14 May 2004.
Example: To find the RSE% for the estimate of female current smokers aged 18 or more in 1995 (1,496,300), linear interpolation was used between the two adjacent estimates.
The RSE% for an estimate is: where
RSE% for an estimate of 1,496,300 is:
PROPORTIONS AND PERCENTAGES Proportions and percentages formed from the ratio of two estimates are also subject to sampling errors. The size of the error depends on the accuracy of both the numerator and denominator. A formula to approximate the RSE of a proportion is given below: Using this formula, the RSE of the estimated proportion will be lower than the RSE estimate of the numerator. Therefore an approximation for RSEs of proportions may be derived by neglecting the RSE of the denominator - i.e. obtaining the RSE of the number of persons corresponding to the numerator of the proportion and then applying this figure to the estimated proportion.
RSE of 1,530,300 = 1.8% Crude smoking rate for women in 1995 is
Now the 95% confidence interval is determined using the following formula: (where p1 = the proportion) For the crude smoking rate of women in 2001...
upper 95% confidence limit = 21.1 + (21.1 x 0.018 x 1.96)
Therefore, we can be 95% confident that the true crude smoking rate for 2001 is between 20.4% and 21.8%.
The upper confidence limit = 22.0 + (22.0 x 0.011 x 1.96)
Therefore, we can be 95% confident that the true crude smoking rate of women for 1995 lies between 21.5% and 22.5%.
While this formula will only be exact for differences between separate and uncorrelated characteristics of sub-populations, it is expected to provide a reasonable approximation for all differences likely to be of interest.
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Food Trends with Michael Lodge
The Association of Bridal Consultants had their monthly meeting at Westgate Lakes Resorts this past week and the topic of the day was "Food Trends." Corporate Director of Food and Beverage Michael Lodge shared the 2017 trends of the year.
The trends that are showing up for this year include creating a theme with the food selections that are made for the wedding.
Having Brinner( Breakfast for dinner) for example why make a plain waffle, how about adding chicken and turning it into a gourmet dish good enough to serve at a wedding.
The food color for 2017 is purple. You will see a lot of eggplant, purple potatoes and cauliflower to name a few.
Food trucks are still in from 2016, with the different types of foods that they offer, if the wedding venue allows them onsite, this is a great way to do something different at a wedding.
Donuts and donut holes as a give away at the wedding or as the dessert in exotic flavors is an up and coming 2017 trend.
Mini appetizers and dessert shooters, salads in martini glasses and other vegetables such as a cucumber wrap are showing up at weddings.
Food stations are taking a step up from the food already placed out for the guests to serve themselves, now the food stations are becoming interactive with the chef preparing it right there in front of you so that it is fresh instead of pre-cooked. Now you can still have DIY guest stations for instance, a Smores station lends itself to a perfect after party treat as the party is starting to wind down in the last hour of the night.
Edible forks and spoons in appetizers is trending now so that silverware is not needed for appetizers. This goes along with comfort foods for mini appetizers.
Cocktails are at times named after the bride and groom at a wedding. Some of these cocktails are nonalcoholic and contain fruit in them, for example champagne and blueberries. Some cocktails are named after the event instead of a person. These are signature drinks.
With all the trendy chefs coming out of LA, Chicago and New York, they are creating a dining experience that you will never forget. As a wedding and event planner, it behooves the planner to get with the catering management at the venue to discuss the meal for the event. The one thing that makes or breaks a wedding is the kitchen staff. The staff only has one chance to make a memory for that couple.
So as a bride, when you get engaged, after the family is aware, contact your wedding planner so that together you can plan a unique wedding that says "this is your day."
The Association of Bridal Consultants would like to thank Corporate Director of Food and Beverage Michael Lodge of Westgate Lakes Resort for sharing "Food Trends" with the wedding industry professionals.
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